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L. I.

L. I. is the abbreviation of Long Island.

Meaning of Long Island

Proper noun (1)

Long Island

  1. The biggest and longest island of the contiguous United States, located in the state of New York.
    • B. Wooster: Of all the places on this great planet of ours, West Neck, Long Island, has chosen to be the most unexciting. The last time anything remotely interesting happened here was in 1842, when a tree fell over. They still talk about it in the village.1992 April 5, “The Full House”, in Jeeves and Wooster, Series 3, Episode 2
  2. (strictly) region of New York state consisting of Nassau County and Suffolk County, to the exclusion of Brooklyn and Queens (the parts of the island found in New York City).
    • After receiving a $2 million investment on the show, the company moved its headquarters from Queens to Long Island.2017 March 27, Priscila Korb, “'Shark Tank'-Winning Business Moves To Long Island”, in Patch, archived from the original on 06 Sep 2024
  3. An island of Antigua and Barbuda.
  4. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Alabama, United States. Synonym: Carpenter.

Proper noun (2)

Long Island

  1. A district and long, thin island of the Bahamas.
    Synonyms:
    Yuma, Fernandina

See all 6 meanings of Long Island

Questions about L. I.

What is L. I. the abbreviation of?
L. I. is the abbreviation of Long Island.

Words near L. I. in the dictionary

  1. L-xylulokinases
  2. l.
  3. L. A.
  4. L. B.
  5. L. Empon
  6. L. I.
  7. L. U. C. A.
  8. L.A.
  9. L.B.
  10. l.c.
  11. L.E.M.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: L. I. (page history and authors); Long Island (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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